“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.” – Jeremiah 17:14 “I have seen his ways, and will heal him.” – Isaiah 57:18 It is the sole prerogative of God to remove spiritual disease. Natural disease may be instrumentally healed by men, but even then the honour is to be given to God who [...]
Finney Systematic Theology 1878 Part 8
LECTURE X. OBEDIENCE ENTIRE. The government of God accepts nothing as virtue but obedience to the law of God. But it may be asked, Why state this proposition? Was this truth ever called in question? I answer, that the truth of this proposition, though apparently so self-evident that to raise the question may reasonably excite [...]
Finney Systematic Theology 1878 Part 7
LECTURE IX. UNITY OF MORAL ACTION. CAN OBEDIENCE TO MORAL LAW BE PARTIAL? 1. What constitutes obedience to moral law? We have seen in former lectures, that disinterested benevolence is all that the spirit of moral law requires; that is, that the love which it requires to God and our neighbor is good-willing, willing the [...]
Finney Systematic Theology 1878 Part 6
LECTURE VIII. FOUNDATION OF MORAL OBLIGATION. THE PRACTICAL TENDENCY OF THE VARIOUS THEORIES. It has already been observed that this is a highly practical question, and one of surpassing interest and importance. I have gone through the discussion and examination of the several principal theories, for the purpose of preparing the way to expose the [...]
Face Our Troubles From God's Perspective
Worship lifts us up to see the problems and troubles we face from God’s perspective instead of being trapped in an earthly, time-bound viewpoint. The higher we go, the smaller our problems seem. — Tenny
Proverbs 10:9
- The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out. Proverbs 10:9, New International Version
Commit To The Hands Of The Lord
Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord. — A. W. Pink
Four Steps From God
No man is ever more than four steps from God: conviction, repentance, consecration, and faith. — Roy L. Smith
Romans 5:5-8
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though [...]
Zephaniah 3:14-17
- Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. On that day they will say to Jerusalem, ‘Do [...]
Galatians 5:19-26
- The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But [...]
Proverbs 4:20-27
- My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from [...]
The Lord's Best Soldiers
The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction. — Charles H. Spurgeon
